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In S. Illinois, residents debate economic lure of fracking, preserving areas rugged beauty
2013-05-05 11:36:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: This is the Illinois that many people never see -- the sparsely populated southern tip where flat farmland gives way to rolling hills, rocky outcrops, thick forests and cypress swamps. Blacktopped county roads wend through no-stoplight towns. Locals speak in soft drawls and talk of generations who've lived on the same land or in the same villages. The remote and rugged Shawnee National Forest attracts hikers, campers and horseback riders, and offers a stark contrast to the rest of a state that...
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Fracking ourselves to death in Pennsylvania
2013-05-04 14:20:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Grist: More than 70 years ago, a chemical attack was launched against Washington state and Nevada. It poisoned people, animals, everything that grew, breathed air, and drank water. The Marshall Islands were also struck. This formerly pristine Pacific atoll was branded the most contaminated place in the world. As their cancers developed, the victims of atomic testing and nuclear weapons development got a name: downwinders. What marked their tragedy was the darkness in which they were kept about what was...
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New York appeals court upholds municipalities banning fracking through zoning laws
2013-05-03 07:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Associated Press: A mid-level appeals court says New York municipalities can use local zoning laws to ban the use of hydraulic fracturing to drill for natural gas. The four-judge appellate division panel ruled unanimously Thursday that state mining and drilling law doesnt trump the authority of local governments to control land use. The case of Norse Energy Corp.s challenge to a ban in the Tompkins County town of Dryden has been closely watched by industry hoping to drill in New Yorks piece of the Marcellus Shale...
Whatever you think of fracking, this isn't the way forward
2013-05-01 19:16:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Serious countries, with serious governments, have equally serious energy policies to keep the lights on. This means developing long-term strategic plans, making sure that you create as mixed a basket of energy sources as possible. It means taking steps to ensure that if the supply of a particular energy source becomes scarce or prohibitively expensive, then there are alternatives that can be brought on stream quickly. That is the sort of thing a serious country does. What it does not do is come...
Sandra Steingraber Shines a Spotlight on the Problems of Fracking
2013-05-01 18:26:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: After serving 10 days of her 15-day sentence for trespassing during a protest against fracking, activist Sandra Steingraber was released from the Schuyler County jail last week in Watkins Glen, N.Y. The day before she was imprisoned, she talked with Moyers about her fight to stop fracking and the release of toxins contaminating our air, water and food. Steingraber had been arrested along with nine other protesters on March 18 for blocking the entrance to the Inergy natural gas facility to protest...
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